title: Prelingual deafness and psychiatry.
abstract: This article provides an introduction to the neglected area of psychiatry and prelingual deafness. 'Deafness' refers to prelingual profound deafness except where indicated, although many of the observations apply to some extent to prelingually partially hearing people.
authors.affiliation: Supra Regional Mental Health Service for Deaf People, Springfield Hospital, London.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kitson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fry
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003638:Deafness / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007804:Language Development; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D012813:Sign Language